Business

French state prosecutors are seeking trial for Francois Perol, chairman of France's second-biggest retail bank, BPCE, who had been under judicial investigation to determine if his nomination to head the group in 2009 represented a conflict of interest.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday approved the first genetically modified potato for commercial planting in the United States, a move likely to draw the ire of groups opposed to artificial manipulation of foods.

Takata Corp, the Japanese auto parts maker at the center of a global vehicle recall, ordered its technicians to destroy results of tests on some of its air bags after finding cracks in air bag inflators, the New York Times said on Friday.